Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-01-18

's~Ss~- - - sess6s ~ IVY oAk3 oWaA0 0n0
atsrsst him. A representative Of tho
took . Gyina tin on est.
lrday morning, leaving kis, sasidsnos
. tie -hosthern extTe me Of tho CITY e
L.lS o'clook, and only giving himself
hirty minutes 70 catch 81 p, W. q b.
rain. and the streets were slippeyy and
10 street oars rupnipg. Market street
u tho Court House was reached six
minutes before the time for tho train 70
tart. Then followed . race for the
rain that would have done honor to
Iohn 0ilpio's famous ride.
The policsmen's summons re an.
hesded. Watchmsn Doueherty, sweep.
ing the pavement In front Of tho Uuiou
Bank had only time 70 say "WhAt tho
1svil 10 thiss" ~ the q ying object pass.
ID him. Another polioemsn's iuQuiring
look was unheeded, and Water street
Was reached Here comes the train,
and firm foothold Was taken By .
lamp-post to swing on the last car ss IL
passed. Good. II was freight train,
And we breathed easy. But yondsr comes
our train into the shed ct the depot.
We had plenty OF time 10 board IL and
select . comfortable seat. Three pas
sengers who had left the car came In
again, each munchipR ct o dry sand.
wtch. Two Of them b0lted down their
dry morsels as II they wanted to aet
done, and curled themselves up like
kittens for sleep.
Not 50 with the third, In whose throat
bis sand wich stuck with stubborn per-
"wonder what has become
Of tbat restaurant that used TO be here
some years ago TO refresh us - We
passed through from Connecticut TO
Washington?" said he audibly. No.
body answered him. He wanted hot
coffee or something 70 drink with his
two small slices of bread. moistened on
one side with oleomaraarins. and be-
~ cen which was . very diminutive
slice Of very thin ham, oil for ten cen u
only.
what does the railroad company
caro- whether you have coffee or not
after you pay your money for your
pasteboard?" said fellow passenger.
"Hello, there. Why there's somebody y
that has not gone to sleep; glad 70 See
one wide awake passenger, but they
might have some soffse on the carr
ais't that 90, Mr. Kditoi?"
"bse here. do you live In this city?"
We asked.
mo sir. livs up In Meriden, Con.
neetiout, the land OF wooden nutmeas
and Drank inventors."
"Well, how do you know met" We
asked.
II don't know you. but was ad
dressing myself to that fellow in front
OF you there, who 10 an editor OF Q
paper down East"
can right, sir. l understand the
situAtion now. but your remark struck
others besides the one you Intended"
well, nov then, as you're . pape I
man TN glad 10 mako your acquAint
ance."
The cars rolled on past Newport, past
Ssan ton and on towards the Sueque
hanna and the nutmeg man talked.
4 'You ses l have q brother who is.a
printer and = great inventor. After
many years Of study and labor he has
invented = macbine for distributing q
type. II will distribute the New York
Herald type In less than two hours,
and one is TO lie made for that Office.
Ny brother lives In Waterbury, Conn
and hS is making machine TO distrib.
ute the type OF the Waterbury Ameri.
csn. He had TO sell one-half interest
in his machine for 81 800 to get money
TO complete IL. l loaned him all
amounts at different times until the
whole aggregated s470. My brother
nov has the refusal OF S26, 600 for hil
interest In the machine. He told us to
address II Q. LELAND, Waterbury,
Conn the inventor, for circulars, and
get particulars of an Invention that ID
10 rtvolutiouize the printing business
Over the Susquehahn ma we 20, and the
train apeeds In towards Baltimore. II
10 dark without, and nothing could bs
seen but the glimmer OF q light every
now and then and the dim outlines of Z
worm fence upon the embankments
Our newly made friend talks on and
We are interested.
You see. am an inventor, too"
"Ah, indeed, and what is youl
II AN o tinsmith and a gas-frter AND
plumber
And what Is your inventiop?n
well, l have invented plan iol
heating cars without stoves"
well. now, that Ia Just what ",
want. Only think Of that Tiffin, o .io
horror, and OF almost similar horro
ON railroad nearer home the othe
day. Are you sure you have it?"
| "Oh, yes, dead open and shut. Hay,
showed my model TO the president Of
railroad company, and he said 1t is tn,
very thing we need, and offered NJ,
money to go to Washington to get /
paten led, Tut wasn't TO be caught tb n
way. Other parties furnished me Will
the money. Here is a letter of intro
ductioD q friend gave me. You see it i
directed to Hon. o. II. Platt, Unite,
States Senator from Connecticut, Wash
ington, ID. Q. When you write al
article for your paper, say that you me
crank inventor on the train. Wha
would yOu DO without these crank In
ventors? Where would your RAILROAD
locomotives, your steam oats, you
iteiegraphe. telephones and electric line
hsf Yes, say you met q Rrsnk, and senC
copy OF your paper t62. A. Leland
Meriden, Conn.
But here is Bayview, and In fiv,
mil ntes more we are at the Unior
depot. Ny crank-inveutor friend KEEP
or to Washington while 1 changed
over to q Northern Central train anC
am soon flying on the wings OF steam
and steel up the beautiful ard pictur
Iesqus Ganpowder Valley. The fog hal
blown away, the clouds have rifted ant
the sun is painting the hill tops In Ror
geons co ors Of golden light. This val
ley il beautiful even In winter, ic,
bound and wrapped in winding sheet
of snow. On We plunge past Mt
Washington, past Texas, past Lake
side, past Mcnkton, past whitehall
past Parkton, where all trains stop
then up the grade past Bentley
tSprines, whore the everlasting wate,
jet rhr VIZ crystal stream far up ii
tho frosty air. The Gunpowden is be
coming dimiDutive stream, that
lcbiid can step BcToss.
at Freeiand's it has almost disap
peared, snd by the time we CROSS tn,